Digital Transformation, AI and Local Government: The Case for Workforce Upskilling
The new LocalGov and Multiverse report explores how workforce upskilling is driving smarter, more efficient, and inclusive local government transformation.
Union warns of more equal pay claims as payouts rise above £1bn
02/01/2026 The GMB has revealed it plans to launch 10,000 new equal pay claims across five more councils alongside 40,000 outstanding actions at 28 authorities. |
Hertfordshire cabinets defy full council on reorganisation
01/12/2025 A trio of Hertfordshire districts have submitted reorganisation proposals that defy the decisions of their full councils. |
Budget: Councils to be impacted by minimum wage and threshold freeze
26/11/2025 Councils, along with other employers, will be impacted by the chancellor's decision to increase the minimum wage and freeze national insurance tax thresholds. |
Lambeth to house more families out of area
25/11/2025 Lambeth LBC is proposing to house more people further out of the borough as housing pressures in London worsen. |
Devo Bill amendments to protect councillors' addresses
24/11/2025 Ministers have acted upon Conservative calls to table amendments to the Devo Bill so councillors' addresses do not have to be published. |
Labour refuses to use devo Bill to protect councillors' addresses
13/11/2025 The Government has rejected a plea to use the devolution Bill to remove the requirement for councillors to publish their home addresses. |
Welsh councils 'very close' to issuing s114 notices
11/11/2025 Wales' outgoing auditor general has said some of the country's councils are ‘very close' to issuing section 114 notices. |
Ministers urged to synchronise reorganisation and mayoral timetables
11/11/2025 Hertfordshire CC's leader has written to ministers calling for moves toward a mayoral strategic authority to progress on the same timeline as reorganisation. |
EXCLUSIVE: AI set to help decide local government reorganisation
04/11/2025 Ministers have been warned AI cannot replace ‘robust' analysis, with Whitehall planning to use the technology to help decide local government reorganisation. |
Suffolk claims single unitary could lead to reduced council taxes
03/11/2025 Suffolk CC has suggested moving to a single unitary authority as part of the county's local government reorganisation could lead to reduced council taxes. |
Essex CC leaves 'bitter taste' with 'underhand' reorg move
21/10/2025 Relations between Essex local authorities have been soured after the county council spent nearly £37,000 informing residents of its preferred LGR option. |
New strategic authorities should 'embrace' disagreement
17/10/2025 Areas moving towards devolution deals have been advised to ‘embrace’ inevitable disagreement between councils and new strategic authorities. |
EXCLUSIVE: London boroughs shunning fixed-term tenancies despite housing pressures
15/10/2025 The MJ has found a majority of London councils still providing lifetime tenancies by default despite the capital's burgeoning temporary accommodation costs. |
Conservatives call for reduced affordable housing targets
07/10/2025 Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has suggested affordable housing targets for new developments should be dropped. |
Future Forum Midlands: Councils urged to be transformational under LGR
10/09/2025 Councils facing local government reorganisation (LGR) have been urged to focus on ‘the transformational' to avoid simply creating ‘bureaucratic' change. |
Essex claims three unitary reorganisation would best tackle debt crisis
10/09/2025 Essex CC has claimed its favoured three unitary model of reorganisation would best manage the county's ‘heavily indebted' local government system. |
Taskforce fails to recognise councils' key role in cohesion
27/08/2025 Ministers have been accused of failing to recognise the ‘vital role’ of councils in cohesion after deciding to limit a taskforce’s membership to mandarins. |
Employers and unions agree pay deal
24/07/2025 Local government employers and the Unison and GMB trade unions have agreed a pay deal for the sector. |
EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity
30/06/2025 The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing projects continue to be dogged by regulatory hold-ups. |
Reform LGA leader nominated
27/06/2025 Reform UK has decided who the leader and deputy leader of its new Local Government Association group are set to be. |
